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Eclipse: One year out
Visitors from around the world are expected to travel to the path of the total solar eclipse, in which Gillespie County sits, on April 8, 2024. The Eclipse Task Force is helping prepare locals and businesses for up to 100,000 additional visitors that day. ? Photo illustration
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News Staff, on April 26, 2023
Eclipse: One year out

Here’s what businesses need to know ahead of event that will bring a crush of people Two solar eclipses will come through the great state of Texas within a six-month time frame. This is a rare and exceptional circumstance which will consequently make Texas a magnet for potentially several million

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